Maple Leaf Farms, an Indiana food processor specializing in duck products, has introduced vacuum-skin packaging for all of its retail raw duck breast and duck leg products.
Cooperation in the supply chain is crucial to ensure packaging materials meet the necessary food contact and migration regulations, according to a testing laboratory.
The 2013 Dieline Package Design Awards, a worldwide competition, has applauded a number of food packages for innovation and sustainability in packaging.
A South Australian Research and Development firm has partnered with the local pipi industry to develop a packaging system that aims to double the shelf life of the seafood.
NewPage Corp. has garnered the 2013 AmeriStar Sustainability Award from the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) for its LittleFoot line of compostable barrier products.
Researchers across the globe are exploring the use of food by-products in packaging materials - and snack products are not being left out of simmering developments.
Miller Weldmaster has launched the PS150 and PS400 packaging systems, designed to increase the speed and accuracy of bag sealing in food processing operations.
Flexible, poultry and ready-to-eat packaging will fuel US meat, poultry and seafood packaging sales to 2017, according to a freshly published report from market research firm The Freedonia Group.
SIPA has developed a non-aseptically-filled squeezy plastic ketchup bottle, which it claims overcomes many traditional design challenges of hot fill applications and provides a cost-effective alternative to aseptic versions.
An updated Chinese regulatory scheme for clearing food packaging materials means that it is now desirable for companies to get their unapproved products cleared in China, said David Ettinger, partner at Keller and Heckman’s Shanghai Representative Office....
Sealpac has outlined flexibility, material savings and traceability as the main benefits of its integrated machinery, during a recent trade show in Germany.
The DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation have saluted a significant number of food packages over the years for breakthrough technology aimed to benefit consumers.
Demand for fresh, everyday consumables is fuelling growth in the active, intelligent and controlled food and drink packaging market, the latest report from BCC Research claims.
RPC Barrier Containers has created a custom packaging solution for French foods firm Soulie Restauration, imparting the products with a premium look and long shelf life.
UK dairy producer Arla Foods has updated its Lurpak Spreadables butter products with metallized paper labeling from AR Metallizing, giving the products new shelf appeal.
Bioplastic packaging and a modern plastic alternative to the tin can are just some of the innovations RPC Group is currently working on, the company revealed at its press conference in Dinklage, Germany, on April 18.
An EU project is aiming to use active packaging to improve barrier properties and intelligent packaging to give consumers more product quality information.
Processing equipment supplier Multivac is launching a vacuum chamber machine for packaging long food products, such as cylindrical sausages and certain types of whole fish.
Ireland’s The Flat Bread Company has diversified into the retail market thanks to an extra-wide flow wrapper designed specifically for the firm by Italian supplier PFM Packaging Machinery.
Toppan Printing Co., is investing 27bn Yen (US$292m) in what it described as the “mother factory” in Japan in anticipation of flexible packaging growth overseas.
Packaging suppliers and manufacturers must address water use and preserve the protective role of packaging when approaching the issue of packaging sustainability, DuPont’s sustainability director told FoodProductionDaily.com.
While cost reduction is fuelling packaging reduction, the high cost of environmentally-friendly packaging relative to oil remains a barrier to widespread adoption by the food industry, according to Datamonitor packaging innovation director Andrew Streeter.
In this special guest article, UPM Raflatac explain to FoodProductionDaily.com the key concerns, now that the EU 10/2011 regulation has come into force.
Meat solutions in the Americas helped Sealed Air Corporation offset struggles in tough markets during its fourth financial quarter (Q4), according to president and chief executive officer Jerome Peribere.
Tri-Star Packaging has launched a range of tamper-resistant containers designed to offer consumers complete confidence when buying salad and deli items out-of-home.
The packaging industry has stressed the importance of the supply chain in response to a report that said as much as half of all food produced globally goes to waste.
Packaging firm RPC was recognised for packaging innovation at the Emballage 2012 packaging materials and technology trade show in Paris for its 4kg jar nicknamed ‘Bear’, featuring multilayer barrier packaging.
Procter and Gamble (P&G) has filed a patent for its invention of a flexible barrier package with a sealant that contains biobased content of about 85%.
Breakthroughs in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, colour changing film and packaging designed to extend shelf life are some of the latest innovations highlighted by the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association.
PTI Inspection Systems is displaying a range of packaging solutions, including packaging machinery and testing systems, at trade show Pack Expo in Chicago.
